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The US system has the greatest number of students. Each year US has about 3.0 million high school graduates. In case of AL, there are about 700,000 candidates to take the AL examinations. In case of IB, the number of candidate in 2012 is about 110,000.
By judging the number of students in each education system, you will see that the US system is the most popular one. The next is AL and the third is IB.
IB was set up about 45 years ago for the expatriates when it was popular for the large companies to send staff to work outside its own country. In order that their kids could have a standardised education system for college admission purpose, IB was set up. It became popular since the last ten years. Five years ago, the annual candidates (both in May and November) were about 60,000 to 65,000. Since the purpose of IB is to allow the expatriate students to have a portable qualification, IB diploma is recognised by most colleges in the world.
In fact, the AL, AP(US) and IB curriculum are more or less of the same level. So the results are regarded by most of the colleges as equivalent.
You can use your IB results to apply for colleges in UK, USA, Canada, Australia or local colleges. Likewise you can use your AL or AP results to do the similar things.
Some may stress that IB demands creativity, services and other activities because they are formally assessed and the score is incorporated into the overall score of the diploma. In case of the AL and AP, there are no formal assessment on CAS. However, most of the students in AL and AP systems would take up services and activities programme by way of Extracurricular Activities. If they want to put together a strong applications, their commitments the services and activities should be very substantial. In other words, all serious students (no matter which system they belong) should have the similar experience through services and activities.
In summing up, I tend to think that the difference amongst those 3 systems are not much. It boils down to the country in which your kid would take the higher education. If he wants to go to US, I think AP system is more appropriate. If he wants to study in UK, he may choose the AL. If he wants to maintain the flexibility, IB is a good choice.
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